Republican -led states are canceling the extra unemployment benefits Congress created because of the coronavirus pandemic, saying the extra $300 makes it impossible for businesses to find willing workers.

The $300 federal supplement helped thousands of Arkansans make it through this tough time, so it served a good purpose, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said in a press release . Now we need Arkansans back on the job so that we can get our economy back to full speed.

But Arkansas and the eight other states that have said theyll drop the federal benefits arent just dropping the $300. Theyre also ending benefits for the long-term jobless and gig workers.

Roughly 3.7 million Americans receive regular state unemployment compensation, which varies by state but averages about $387 per week . In states cutting benefits, those workers would continue receiving that compensation, just without the extra $300 from the federal government.

But more than 4 million Americans received long-term benefits fully funded by the federal government last month, according to the most recent Labor Department figures , and 6 million received Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, the benefits for gig workers and others who hadnt been laid off or furloughed from traditional payroll jobs.

Instead of simply taking away the $300, the states canceling benefits are saying theyll cancel them all. That means gig workers and people out of work longer than the 26 weeks typically covered by states could be left with nothing when the cuts start taking effect next month.